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Episode 0552

10/1/2026 – Come Sit In My Rig – Episode 0552

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: We sit down with professional driver Stefy Bau, Track Day series dead already?, can AI paint you a livery and fix your graphics?, Buttkicker gone?, MOZA firmware coming, are Road America and Road Atlanta realistic?, Nim chimes in and do the iRacers down under deserve more?

And remember you can follow along with us on your PC or mobile device in real time as you listen to the show and see for yourself all of the great topics and products we’ll discuss by visiting iracerslounge.com and selecting show notes. Hope to see you there..

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Stefy Bau

Topics

Five Changes Needed

New Vehicle Widgets

SimOS Update

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/simos-hub-racing-companion/id6756025064

Nim Chimes In

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/844345#Comment_844345

Smoke Is Impossible

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100528/the-new-smoke-particles-are-impossible/p1

Climb To 7k iRating

https://www.tiktok.com/@charles.wimbley/photo/7676559289615519006?_r=1&_t=ZT-9A3kBY55h2z&image_index=2

Dead All Ready?

Life Changing

Realistic?

More From Down Under

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100701/more-australian-tracks-pleaseeee

Planned Or Accident?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100672/creventic-has-been-a-joke-all-year

Contest Time

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100268/season-4-2026-contests

AI Livery

NASA Rallycross World Championship

Last week in the NASA Rallycross World Championship, we thought Evan MacFarlane had the upper hand on his competitors with a first place result in qualifying and his heat race – until the field converged at Feature Race time. Five drivers were within one tenth of a second in qualifying – and Kieran Liflander overcame that deficit to beat Evan off the line in the Feature and took the victory. Twenty five drivers attempted the event, and the top seven qualified for the feature in one of the most competitive NASA fields in recent history. We head to Hell next! A beautiful, natural terrain rallycross venue steeped in history – who comes out on top? Check out ASNtv’s LIVE coverage on Monday at 9pm EST from Norway – https://www.youtube.com/asntvusa

Great American 500

https://discord.com/channels/238867726335082506/238867726335082506/1549721684557307945

Bathurst 1000

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100630/2026-bathurst-1000-powered-by-next-level-racing/p1

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-september-29th-to-october-5th-2026

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Hardware/Software

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AI Fixed My Graphics

Here is a summary of the video “Your iRacing Settings Are Wrong (And It’s Not Your

Qubic Systems???

SimCore 7.8 DDU

Buttkicker, Out Of Business?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100537/buttkicker-have-they-gone-out-of-business/p1

Conspit CHS Shifter

Conspit GT Vent Seat

Delta Sim-Tech-SC

Ascher Black Editions

MOZA Firmware Update Coming

SimLab DDS TorqueSync

Heusinkveld One-SC

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Kansas

Mike- P had a good race going with about 70 to go. Would just turn around on me and spin out, and I got back in the garbage and then got wrecked several times. DNF
Chris- P7
Brad- P wrecked out. Had a good start to the race only to be collected early on by a car that thought he was clear coming off turn 2. The SR slide continues.
Tom – P9

Sunday Open- NiS – Kansas

Tony – P8 been fighting a pretty nasty cold for the last few days so I didn’t feel like racing was in my best interest. But I needed to get a start in and this was it. The foggy weather in game mimicked how my head felt. Stayed out of trouble til about ½ way where fog started to lift in game and in my head where just charged to the front. Was 4th til final caution came out and lost a few spots on the last restart
Tom – P 12
Kyle – P15 Car 1 started P19 and just launched towards the front. First 3rd of the race was filled with cautions. Then a 40ish lap run came and I just picked off spots reaching 3rd until a a guy with fresher tires came up past me and then instantly lost it out of 4 and I had no where to go T-Boning him and having almost 3 minutes of damage. Got most fixed but wasn’t enough laps and ended with a P15. Definitely was a top 3 car. This will be my last race for about a month. Having to take the rig apart and clear out the house for a major home renovation.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Las Vegas

Mike- P17- had a good fast car. drove up through the field more than once, but near the end I spun on my own and just snapped loose and I can’t catch it and lose all my track position and then obviously can’t catch a caution when I need it. P 17
Justin- P wrecked out early
David – P18 Got right hooked going straight down the exit of a turn, guy was apologetic, Brad confirmed his culpability.
Brad- P7 What a mess of a race after the first caution. We opened up with a 60 plus lap green flag run. I overdrive at the start trying to get track position as I expected an early caution. That never came and had to pit under green and then we got the yellow. Would get the wave by but be collected on the next restart. Too many games being played on restarts. Would end up getting collected in David’s mess but would drive on to survive more ridiculous driving on the white flag to grab a top 10.

Thursday Open -NiS – Las Vegas

Tony – P29 had a fun car, stayed out of trouble til about 30ish to go when t boned a spinning car i couldn’t avoid, had a fast long run car
Stephen- P4
David – P19 good long run speed. On last run, two cars I was catching and on the move to pass outside, the one in front gets loose, the other moves into me either not aware or just reacting to the near spin. Car ruined.

Official Series

Ring Meister

Donnie S – P
Mike- P lotus 79. Start a 23rd out of 29. Got the P3 by the end of lap one. but that got an a pissing match on one of the heavy breaking areas and I overdid it trying to beat him wrecked us both
- then, switching to the spec racer Ford, started 16th out of 27. Got up to ninth in the first lap, but wrecked out hard on my own, killed the car
- started 14th out of 26. Got the P3 by the end of lap one, the top two were long gone, and there was no catching them at that point. Finished P3. nice podium.
- Then started ninth out of 28. Got wrecked out, heavy damage
- When started ninth out of 25. Add one off excursion, but the car was OK., went on to finish P4
- Started first out of 27. Hit the wall and got wheel damage, but the car was OK. Fell the fourth, recovered back to P2

Production car challenge by Simlab

Ellis – P7 at Monza in the Toyota GR 86. Start at 12th, got as high as third, but finished P7. Pretty clean race.

C Open

John K – P15. This was my first race in six months. It was a shakedown race for the new sim lab rig. Wanted to run one to figure out what adjustments i need make. Glad I did it; gave me an idea of height adjustments for seat, wheel deck, pedal deck and monitors. Will make those adjustments this weekend and get back to regular racing. And by the way, it felt so good to get back into a race.

F-4 Fixed.

Mike – at Canadian Tire. Qualified 17th out of 24. Got to pee 11 by the end of lap one. got a tie at ninth with about four to go. I got hit and knocked into the wall and then another car came by and finished me off.

Track day

Mike- okayama- radical SRA spun it off the curb right off the bat and got ran over and destroyed. 60 cars in this race. It’s crazy. Did a tow and then got a quick repair, went back out 29th, made my way forward to finish actually P11
- Second attempt, got to the lead but then wrecked out like a fool. did not finish
- Tried two more times and wrecked out two more times
- Then switch cars to the caterham. Started on pole, finish second after spinning like four or five times
- Next Ray Scott, pole position, and spun out in the middle of the race and wrecked
- Started first, got away on the first lap a little bit at a nice lead going, but some faster car couldn’t control himself and wiped me out completely DNF

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Fuji Sprint Race

Brad W – P10 after an adventurous race. One of my least favorite tracks as I have never figured out how to be quick through the last sector. I would get up to 13-14 but would self spin twice and get spun once. Not my best showing but the league is great.

Hosted-

Ellis – P Chris Maguire hosted. IndyCars at Daytona Oval, crashed out several times

Final Thoughts

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September 24, 2026September 30, 2026

Episode 0551

9/24/2026 – Lounging At The Expo – Episode 0551

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: We are back from the 2026 Sim Gaming Expo and ready to share our thoughts, an eNASCOURT update, a tremendous amount of hardware and The Simpit’s Shaun Cole joins the lounge to discuss the expo!

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Special Guest

The Simpit’s Shaun Cole

Topics

SGE 2026 Review

Did You Grab Your SGE26 Diecast?

https://sparkmodel.us/products/pre-order-porsche-991-gt3-r-sim-gaming-expo-1-43-scale?variant=49509670912238

Saturday’s Spinout App

https://app.saturdaysspinout.com

iRacing Track Day

A Permanent Nurburgring Time Attack?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/843602#Comment_843602

ARCA All-Time Stats

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100385/arca-all-time-stats-up-to-2026-s3

Moving To Federal Court

Road America Rescan

Banned For Vulgar Language=YES

Trading Paint 2026 S3 Wrap Up

Do You Have Bad Habits?

More Rain=Mixed Responses

Petit LeMans

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100400/2026-petit-le-mans-powered-by-vco

Great American 500

https://discord.com/channels/238867726335082506/238867726335082506/1549721684557307945

Introducing NASA Rallycross Challenge

At the expo we met members of the ASNtv youtube channel. We asked them to send info and updates as the season rolls on. They about to start a new season.

The 35th NASA Rallycross Challenge begins Monday, Sept 28th at 8pm EST, starting with the lower split Contenders division, followed by the Supercars at 9pm EST.

Kevin Garcia won the championship in Contenders last season, and has been promoted to the top split – it is an open goal for the Championship.

Evan MacFarlane won his fifth Supercars championship last season, and wasn’t expected to enter in 2026B – but the entry blank was filed, and we wonder who will be able to topple the Californian kid.

Round One will be at Phoenix, with live coverage on ASNtv – https://www.youtube.com/asntvusa

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-september-22nd-to-september-28th-2026

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Hardware/Software

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Heusinkveld One-SC

https://heusinkveld.com/new-heusinkveld-one-sc/

Electronics Management Tray

30 Years Of Sim Racing

Sim Lab At The Expo

Sim Sport Gadget Delivers

Sim Craft

GSI Artemis

MOZA Motion #SOON

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/843180#Comment_843180

Driven Dynamics

Unexpected

Formula Rig

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Wednesday Open -NiS – Kansas

Mike- P 4-was pretty quick through the first part of the race, got up to P2 at one point, but then got involved in a few incidents, even spun on my own a couple times near the end. Had some damage, got it repaired. There was a green white checker and I had new tires and they didn’t, and I came up through there to finish P4.
Chris – P6
David – P 6, moderate speed with good long run, got by some wrecks at the end
Brad- P wrecked out early again

Thursday Open -NiS – Kansas

Mike- P wrecked out. Had a good run going during the first green run I ran from 22nd up to as high as fourth, but I had slipped at one point back to ninth and a guy behind me just went straight into the back of me and drilled me and put me in the wall 5 1/2 minutes damage. I parked it.

Official Series

Ring Meister

Mike- P lotus 79 : qualified P10. Got the P4 by the end of lap one, then got to third and was battling for second on the white down the long straight side by side. He didn’t give me room and ran me off, and I wrecked hard. DNF.
- So then started 10th, work my way through the field up to second. He had about 2 to 3 second lead. I wasn’t catching him. He was fast. I was pushing really hard. Well, the pushing eventually brought him to make a mistake. I was able to take the lead. He wasn’t far behind me though, and we were side by side at the end, and I just break deeper than the rest of them, and I take it winner winner chicken dinner. Number 165

Production car challenge by Simlab

Ellis – P DNF at Monza. Toyota GR 86 started in the middle of a 40 car field, made it a few laps, but I eventually got wrecked out when somebody spun in front of me and I t-boned him. Dnf

Sprint Car

Mike– P3– at Southern National Motorsports Park started 15 after the first few cautions, I was up to fifth. I got the lead at some point and led some laps until I hit the wall by myself, damaged the car, fell eventually to finish P3. Feel like I gave up that win.

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Road Atlanta Endurance Race

Brad W – P11 Started deep in the field after spinning on lap 1 of qualifying. Managed to avoid some early mess and then just tried to settle in and take what I could. Long race and happy with a p11. Really fast guys in this league.

Creator Series -SGE 2026

Mike – The F4 in the rain at VIR – p8 – Started p5 got to p4 early but later in lap 1 got kinda ran off down to inside. Fell back to 9th made it back up to finish p8… So cool to be there and congratulate the winner brendensuperstar – he was so stoked he did a cartwheel…. We had to log in to our own iracing accounts and I could not figure out if my password had LL’s or 1’s… So i had to reset it, then none of the controls were mapped had to do all of that, and by then i had missed qually.
David – wheel wouldn’t work. Didn’t own the car. Miss the grid

Hosted-

Ellis – P7 carb cup at Charlotte started 12th, finished seventh. Great racing for 2 or 3 laps and then we’re single file and nobody passes nobody just like real NASCAR

Final Thoughts

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September 18, 2026September 18, 2026

Episode 0550

9/18/2026 – Sim Racing Heaven – Episode 0550

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

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On today’s show we come to you live from the 2026 Sim Gaming Expo in Chicago. Is iRacing anti-racing?, the legacy Grand National car is almost perfect, is the Caterham the best car on the service now?, more changes coming to weather and rookie to Petit LeMans in fourteen days?

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Topics

LIVE From The 2026

Really Ruined?

Is iRacing Anti-Racing?

2026 Season 4 Hotfix 1

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100023/2026-season-4-hotfix-1-release-notes-2026-09-11-01

Why No New F1 Car?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100198/newer-formula-1-cars-and-possible-f2

Any Chance Of A Madring Scan?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99860/madring

Rookie To Petit In 14 Days?

Almost Perfect

Here is a summary of the video “iRacing Grand National Car Review: The Old Arca Car, But Be

Caterhams

See It Is Realistic

Bad Luck

Fence Rider

Weather Regeneration Plan

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100222/2026-season-4-weather-regeneration-plan/p1

Sim Racing Expo eNASCAR Euro Showcase

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100223/the-sim-racing-expo-frankfurt-is-pleased-to-present-the-enascar-euro-showcase/p1

Alt-F4

Tire Smoke Is No Joke

Petit LeMans

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100400/2026-petit-le-mans-powered-by-vco

Britcar 24

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100050/2026-britcar-24-presented-by-cosworth

Great American 500

https://discord.com/channels/238867726335082506/238867726335082506/1549721684557307945

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-september-15th-to-september-21st-2026

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Fantasy

Hardware/Software

Chad McNeese’s Ultimate Hardware Spreadsheet

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Immersion

Check Your Settings

Sensit Haptics MTC-P Extreme

Focus 160 Review

Bavarian Simtec Long Term Review

Ark Dynamics

Powered Seat

Mixed Reality

DNR Halo

Conspit Halo 270

EPLAB FC992 Dashboard

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Gateway

Mike- P. DNF. Involved in three different wrecks before lap 20 eventually ending with wheel damage and parking it out of frustration the first wreck I got door going down the straight away.
David – P destroyed, with 9 to been stuck in around 20th all race, no long rusn, on 12th restart three guys underneat get tangled and one of is sent on a journey acrose of the corners leading him to hit be flying back up the track at speed, he was not under control, just my luck though.
Tony -P13 stayed out of trouble but on the 2nd to last GWC was 5th when 3rd place spun went into the outside line and got black flagged for passing him on the inside which i had to serve on the last GWC
Brad- P wrecked out

Sunday Open- NiS – Gateway

David – P32, caution fest, but was having a late long run, snapped just loose enough to put myself in the wall, took no one else out and able to get out of the way and off the track with no yellow
Tony – P26 again staying out of trouble and had iracing disconnect on me with 38 to go while in 7th

Wednesday Open -NiS – Bristol

Mike- P wrecked out around 80 to go. Missed some wrecks at the beginning, didn’t pit until lap 60. That was a mistake. It put me back with the garbage, gotten several wrecks after that, ran around with six minutes damage for a long time, but eventually wrecked more and parked it
Justin- lost connection while leading
Chris – P6
David – P wrecked out
Brad- P Did not complete a lap

Thursday Open -NiS – Bristol

Tony – P6 Bristol is a blender and just like every other short track this year its 25 plus cautions. This one had 27. Tagged in a wreck early and just kept chipping away at my optional til 20 to go where there were only 8 cars on the lead lap. The new smoke model bit nice but also a pain in the ass because its gotten thicker and you cant see shit when coming around the corner

Official Series

Ring Meister

Mike- P the catarrham. Start at P2. Finished P2 I had two spinoffs on my own, and that really cost me the win. I was actually chasing down the leader, and when I went off the second time, but boy, what a fun car
- Start a sixth, quickly got to the lead, but then spun myself out into the wall and couldn’t get back on track. DNF
- Started sixth, quickly got to the lead, me and another guy pulled away, just me and him going up the hill in the kink side-by-side. He doesn’t give me any room and runs me off the track. We both wreck.DNF
- Top split started third, some heavy headers in here. Top four break away. We had great battle switching back-and-forth. I eventually spun on my own while in the lead, so DNF.
- Started on pole out of 29. We had three cars break away. from the rest, and it was a good battle trading first, second, and third, really clean racing. I could always outbreak them on the long straight, though, and so that’s what I did. We were side by side for the last lap there, and I took it winner, winner, chicken dinner, number 163. What a fantastic car, and to say I got a win in it in the second day of the car, I’m super proud

Sprint Car

Mike– at North Wilkesboro, qualified fifth out of 12. Finish P6 got about what I deserve. There were a couple cautions in the back, but clean race otherwise. The leaders were consistently 2/10 to lap faster. It was fun to rip the top
- Qualified 13th out of 26. There were a few cautions. The last one, there was a delayed caution, so I waited for the pace car. I was running like six. The other five kind of went ahead a little bit. Pace car came back out on the backstretch, didn’t do a lap, immediately came into the pitch, and I became the leader basically because everyone else got black flags, but I earned it. I was able to keep the lead for the rest of the race and winner, winner, chicken dinner! What a great car

Caterham 420 r. cup

Mike-qualify 24th out of 30 at oulton Park circuit. Got to 16th by the end of a chaotic lap one after getting doored on the grid, the guy on the left has turned right and plowed me up into the air. After that, I brought it home. P11

F-4 Fixed.

Mike – P at Okayama. Qualified seventh of 21. Got up to second, but got wrecked out actually
- Then started second out of 22. Wrecked out on the first lap on cold tires. I can’t get a handle on this car

League / Hosted Races

Hosted-

Ellis – week 13 sprint car at South Boston started fifth out of 13. . Of course they wrecked all out in front of me and turned one lap one had to go get a quick repair came back out and worked my way up to fourth before a lap car hit the wall as I was going around him and wiped me out. Karl felt good. I had to push both the brake and the throttle at the same time in the corners to be fast.
- Sprint car at IRP started 10 out of 21. Got up to nine they got wrecked out by the highest iron rating in the room 7000 trying to go through the inside and just push-up into me and kill me into the wall.
- Then started 12 out of 12. Add a clean race this time and move forward to finish P4 and the force feedback pretty strong and I’m worn out after 40 laps.
- I have to go 87 at Talladega got wrecked and turned one lap one
- Then ridiculousness at Bristol and the Cadillac GTP qualified third out of 17. And explain to me why we have eight minutes of qualifying for 213 second laps. massively wrecked out around lap five.
- Then BMW M2 at Willow Springs qualified fifth out of 10. Finish P3 great race.
- MX 5 cup at Oran Park. Qualified 14th out of 17. spot on cold tires by myself fell to the back worked my way back up to finish P 14. Hey Siri give me a 29 minute countdown timer.

Final Thoughts

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Brad Wrenn – https://x.com/bradwrenn

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September 11, 2026September 11, 2026

Episode 0549

9/10/2026 – Blindfolded Ignorance – Episode 0549

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: 2026 Season 4 Release is live, how much has iRacing changed since 2008?, first impressions of Sim Labs DDS26, would a foldable rig save you space?, a new sim to reality story, what actions are ban worthy? and we are SEVEN DAYS AWAY FROM THE START OF THE SIM GAMING EXPO IN CHICAGO!

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Topics

2026 Season 3 Week 13

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-2026-season-3-week-13-new-features-and-formats

https://www.iracing.com/meet-iracings-all-new-week-13-fun-series

10k + Awards?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99694/new-awards-for-irating-10k

New F2 Car

https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc5uvVbjSig/?stkn=MnZyaHV1cWJyZDh0

Jobless To Full-Time Sim Racer

Ban Worthy?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99686/d-0-00-should-carry-an-automatic-ban

Ran Out Of Talent

Summit Point Refresh

Mazda Re-freshed

Sprint Car – First Look

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99813/season-4-sprint-car-update

Gen 4 Grand Nationals

Mid Ohio Re-Built

Incident Limit Challenge

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-2026-season-3-week-13-schedule-released

Caterhams Have Arrived

This Again?

https://www.instagram.com/reels/Dc8kR7vttoT

Huge Crash

Mustang Mayhem

How Much Has It Changed?

Sim To Reality

So Much To Say

2026 Season 4 Release Notes

2026 Season 4 Preliminary Schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99863/2026-season-4-preliminary-schedule-pdf

26 Sim Gaming Expo – One WEEK AWAY!

September 18 – 20, 2026

Suzuka 1000

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99629/2026-suzuka-1000-presented-by-pimax

Forever Rowdy 118

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99614/forever-rowdy-118-bundle-of-joy-charity-race

iRacing World Of Outlaws Returns

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-world-of-outlaws-pro-series-returns-for-2026-27-season-qualifying-kicks-off-september-21

Battle For Reece

https://discord.gg/heG3qQ4AY

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-september-8th-to-september-14th-2026

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Hardware/Software

Chad McNeese’s Ultimate Hardware Spreadsheet

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There Are Better Ways To Do It

Digital Tach

PXN 23 NM DD

Sim Lab’s DDS26 First Impressions

Sim Hub And VR

H.AO From Conspit

Insane Wheel?

Show Steeler

Phanteks EX-5

Foldable Rig

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Darlington

Mike- P wrecked out. Pretty fast car was getting up to the front running second and the guy behind me. Tried to shove it in coming out of turn four and basically dumped me and caused a huge wreck and my day was done lap 36.
David – P running p5 with 100 laps to go, iRacing software just closes
Tony -PGuy smashed the wall in front no where to go smashed the inside wall still rolled no caution fell to the back 2 laps later passing a car on the outside my car said nope we gonna hit the wall again 8 minutes optional got minute fixed and kept spinning in 3&4 called it a night
Steven – P11 had top 3 car all night to only get wrecked with 17 to go by a car on new tires 8 laps down. He bounced off the wall and into me while I was 4th

Sunday Open- NiS – Darlington

David – P4 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Tony – P4 o don’t know to be either pissed off or disappointed on this, how about both. Took the lead in the 2nd 3rd of the race and even had a successful green flag stop. Led 108 laps with a 14 second lead coming to the white out of 4 and damn caution comes out. While going into pit road was making adjustments which honestly I probably would’ve been fine without them, I passed the pace car entering and blackflagged myself. Mother fluffer. I should’ve known I was gonna do something totally stupid like that.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Gateway

Mike- P7- had a good run going put it under green and then the caution came out. Had to take a wave around. Still restarted P5 from then on I kept getting in wreck. I got into one where I got loose coming off four and then net coated with a guy outside of me nine minutes damage I soldiered to finish on the lead lap P7.
Tony –P no shifter. Couldn’t get the damn car going on pit road. Ended up finding i had a wire short in my fantec uni hub probably from me punching and slamming the wheel from the other day screwing myself out of a win
David – P13, somewhat of a shit show, on the last run a car got out of shape on the outside, this put me in the middle exiting corner as we caught in midcorner, i didn’t trust the car on the inside and had to back out to probably loose a top 10.

Thursday Open -NiS – Gateway

Tony – P24 self spun. Caution fest 1st half, had a guy wreck me out of corner. Got the damage fixed than had green flag stop with 40 to go and was getting around car and just spun it. Just about had it saved and got rammed and destroyed
David – P7 survived a lot of carnage including my own mistakes, was running a real aggressive brake bias, and under normal conditions it was fine, but a couple having to get on the breaks hard results in self spins.

Official Series

League / Hosted Races

Hosted-

Ellis – pick up cup at Phoenix start 13th out of 29 got a big wreck on lap one turn one had to go in for a quick repair went back out and finished P 10
- Sean Berry hosted street stock at Willow Springs international Raceway finish P4
- Pick up cup at Phoenix. Started at 11th finish P9.
- Five to go Daytona 87. Start an 18 out of 20. Finish P4.
- Ran it again started P3 took the lead early and kept it winner. Winner chicken dinner.
- Mini stock at USA international Speedway. Top split with a very heavy hitter qualified third out of 12. Finish P6.
- Storm chasers, Oulton Park BMW, M2 qualified 1st out of 27. In the rain. On the grid as everyone grid it up somebody said I hope you switched to your wet tires and I thought oh no I didn’t switch nothing So I pulled start pulling away. I get down to five laps to go. I have a huge gap of about eight seconds. I’m going by a lap car and the lap car wrecks as I’m going by him and takes me out. I checked the set up and sure enough I had dry tires on the whole time.
- Try again qualified fifth out of 20. Got up to run third for most of the race on the white spun out on my own crash the car on the way unbelievable. No rain in this race.

Final Thoughts

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September 4, 2026September 4, 2026

Episode 0548

9/3/2026 – Physics Island – Episode 0548

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: can you race big rigs in iRacing?, is VR finally good enough?, we are two weeks from the start of the Sim Gaming Expo, find out what product will transform your sim racing experience, is this the Simucube killer? and it’s week 12 so that means we have a development blog to discuss.

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Topics

Season 4 Development Blog

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-development-update-august-2026

Career Mode = All Content

https://traxion.gg/all-iracing-content-will-be-available-in-career-mode-at-zero-extra-cost

Caterhams Coming

No New Tracks?

Make Way For The New

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99564/2026-season-4-track-retirements-road-america-mid-ohio-milwaukee-september-9th-0800edt-1200utc

Scan Curse?

Poor Cones

Virtual Competitors

A Humble Thank You

Payment Issues?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99664/venmo-payments-not-working

One Of These Does Not Belong

iRacing Arcade Big Rigs

Milwaukee Re-scan?

Is That Chastain Driving?

2026 Sim Gaming Expo – TWO WEEKS AWAY!

September 18 – 20, 2026

Suzuka 1000

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99629/2026-suzuka-1000-presented-by-pimax

Forever Rowdy 118

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99614/forever-rowdy-118-bundle-of-joy-charity-race

Southern 500

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-southern-500-special-event

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-september-1st-to-september-7th-2026

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Hardware/Software

Chad McNeese’s Ultimate Hardware Spreadsheet

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4K Triple Settings

PXN GT And Formula Wheels

Finally Good Enough?

Track Time Series 1

Simucube Killer?

Asetek Shifter & Handbrake

Will This Transform Your Experience?

Phoenix By Cube Controls

SIMNET Sequential Shifter

SIMDT 7″ DDU

VRS V2 Pedals

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Daytona

Mike- p3. Had a good race ran upfront led some laps was the lead car on the outside lane on the first green white checker and I side draft too hard I got spun out came back up to restart seventh on the final Greenway checker and finish P3.
David – P11 – caught up in messes, but started ot learn with damage late in race to just stay in mid pack instead of fixing and going to the back. Finished in the draft with a few minutes damage.
Tony -P wreck out
Brad- P8 I go from practice session to the race session and I lose all force feedback. Jump out of game, come back in still nothing. So, it is what it is. First race back since July and I’m running Daytona with no FFB. I was happy that I did not kill anyone and glad to get a p8. I’ll take it.

Sunday Open- NiS – Daytona

David – P8. still alive at the end, a shake up right in front of us caused a split in the pack, was 2nd in the 2nd pack in p13, several in the lead pack never made it to the line, so jumped a few positions.
Greg -Pwrecked out by a guy that caused 3 more wrecks after me and finally disconnected

Sunday Fixed- NiS – Daytona

Mike- P1- winner winner, chicken dinner. Had a pretty good race stayed out of trouble stayed out front in the top. Five basically let some laps was leading near the end and on the final green white checker I was able to hold them off didn’t really have to block, but we will take it. Win number 160. i’ve won Daytona twice and Pocono once for three total wins this year in NIS.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Darlington

Mike- P wrecked down around halfway on my own running third just came off turn four and it went down to the inside and nailed the inside wall wouldn’t really drive after that so I parked it. Didn’t have the heart to finish.
David – P spin out before the green flag and damages the car. Got it fixed though, stucked it out, finished p8 2 laps down. The leader lapped the entire field

Thursday Open -NiS – Darlington

David – Pp wrecked 13. Was leading with 75 to go and one more green flag stop, had the best 60-70 lap speed. Of course paper causes caution. 2nd run i’m sitting right behind the leader saving fuel and tires, caution out with 30. 3rd run i get beat for 2nd, then start over driving cause i can’t go fast on short runs and overcorrect into wall ending race.

Official Series

Ring Meister

Mike- P1 Pontiac solstice started 12th out of 30. Got the third by just a few corners Inn and eventually took the lead battle with one guy we were door by door and hit and he kind of spun off and then I ran away from it with over it 11 second lead on the field and then fastest lap by over 2 1/2 seconds purple winner winner chicken dinner number 161

A Open

Brad W – P8 (Darlington) Started p5 and would hang in the top 10 all race. I was overdriving at the start and would burn my stuff off. It was looking like it would be a nice long run to the end after green flag stops but not to be. Ended up with another late yellow with about 30 laps or so to go. Ran too hard and fell as the ace was ending. I’ll take another p8 with zero incidents at Darlington almost any day.

F-4 Fixed.

Mike – P5 at Monza qualified ninth out of 20 got up to fifth ran into a guy took my nose cone off. Had to pit for repair came out like 14th and made my way back up to finish P5.
- Qualified six out of 20. Winner winner, chicken dinner.
- They qualified third out of 21 my best lap yet. Went off the track two or three times and then spun completely off. I’m not sure what I was doing so I quit.

IMSA

Hall – P1 at Le Mans

League / Hosted Races

Major Series –

David – P 18 at Portland, not fast but stayed clean and passed a lot of dead cars

Final Thoughts

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August 28, 2026August 28, 2026

Episode 0547

8/27/2026 – A Premier Coke Zero Challenge – Episode 0547

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: new MOZA hardware drops, coffee with your sim racing?, are your pedals pur-rfect?, is a virtual button box needed?, another alien has arrived, we are only three weeks away from the 2026 Sim Gaming Expo and is profile or tubular the next great debate?

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Topics

iRacingStats.net To Shut Down

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99264/iracingstats-net-shutting-down

Velocity Sim Lounge

Why You Should Abuse Track Limits

Best Car?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99369/best-car-in-iracing-is

SIM1Racing NJ

Can We Get An Update?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99258/mount-washington-gravel-section

Do You Have A Favorite Corner?

A Sim Racing Coffee Shop

A Well Travelled Alien

https://www.iracing.com/the-alien-who-has-been-everywhere-iracing-community-spotlight-karl-samson

A New Branch Of Service

2026 Sim Gaming Expo

September 18 – 20, 2026

Pro 4 Trucks Crandon

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99206/2026-crandon-championship-presented-by-trak-racer

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-2026-crandon-championship-presented-by-trak-racer-special-event

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-august-25th-to-august-31st-2026

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Hardware/Software

Chad McNeese’s Ultimate Hardware Spreadsheet

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Take My (Brad’s) Money

VPG vs ????

Purr-fect?

Rate This Setup

Conspit CHS Shifter

Asetek’s Virtual Button Box

SSG DV-7 DDU

Amazing Support

The Next Great Debate

10 Must Haves

Sim Lab Button Box

Simucube Wheelbase Mount V2

They Tested Both

MOZA At Gamescom

Half The Cost?

The Future But Not Yet

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – New Hampshire

Mike- P wrecked out. Decided to try something different today decided to ride around in the back and pit every time the caution came through and then wait in the pit and let everyone go and try to be in the very back each and every restart this worked like a charm with no incident and no wrecks up through the halfway point I finally felt it was time to go restarted 17th got up to like seventh and then some guy spun up in front of me and I plowed right in knocked the wheel off of it DNF
David – P 3, I Qed and opted for the CW strategy. Didn’t grid, kept going to the back every caution, with about 80 laps to go i decide i should go ahead and go to the bathroom and allowed my self to go a lap down in the process. Got the lucky dog after on the 2nd caution after, then started working my way up, managed to avoid the bad luck and had good speed at the end. Discuss race control issues
Tony -PI hate this track I must be a gluten for punishment. Told myself I was done after thursdays 29 cautions and somehow with 15 minutes til race time i turned he pc on and hopped in the seat. Something with my steering felt off this race so couldnt really turn the corners like I had in the previous races. Typical race people crash about every 2-5 laps. We actually got a 20 lap run right after the caution that took poor mike out. But with 8 to go on a restart i was making my around 2 cars on the high line when dipshit sent it 4 wide left rearing me into the wall ending my night. I was in 8th or 9th. Least this race had 22 cautions

Wednesday Open -NiS – Daytona

Mike- P9- had a great race led Some laps was in position to win at the end on a green wide checker number two I was leading on the White. They kept trying to go to the outside of me. I kept inching up eventually I got hooked into the wall.
Tony –P21 typical drafty track fun. Race survive a few wrecks and get clipped by a spinning car and than connor Zillich’d by a arca braker
David – P25 I had a blink out on the white flag lap, spooked me out of line and then i let the field go cause i didn’t want to cause a big one in that situation

Thursday Open -NiS – Daytona

Mike- P2- a great race basically ran upfront all day long top three top five led some laps. Tony and I stayed together pretty much right at the end I was leading he was third he got by second he looked high. I didn’t wanna block him so I let him go high and we came across side-by-side he wanted it and I finished P2 a great race. Nice to see my teammate win for the first time in several years well deserved happy to help.
Tony – P1 WOOOOOOO “pours the Coke Zero over my head” good god that was probably 1 of the best finishes i’ve ever had. Led 34 laps through the middle got towards the end and the Permier set wanted to go. Did bump a car and spun him & self before the green white checkers but made it back. Restarted 8th while mike was leading. Made my way to 3rd and psyched out the guy pushing mike and got him out of the way and hit the go go pedal around mike.
First NiS win since Pocono in August of 2022 first ever win in a Chevy. Lets get that Southern 500 next week. Thank you mike for being a great teammate
David – P wrecked out, got damage and and a 45 second hold cause someone hit the brakes in the racing line during green flag stops. Stuck around while 2 laps down, but the had to take pit road to avoid a wreck, got another 45 hold, and was done

Official Series

A Open

Mike. P Daytona took the pole position. Bennett around lap 12 so I could make it on one more stop and then it stayed green from there. Tried to say fuel. I was gonna be a laugh and a half short a caution finally came. I was involved in a couple incidents with a little bit of damage, but the car was still OK. We’re just a few left to go. I was running P2. There was some bump drafting going on. I got bumped a certain way and my brakes engaged to 80% without me pushing on the pedal for about a second and it caused me to lose the pack P 15
Tony – P9 survived til the end when push gone wrong from behind out of 4

Global Endurance – Daytona 24

David – P5 – our opening driver got wrecked by a guy thinking it was good to bump draft in a GTP

F-4 Fixed.

Mike – P DNF road America qualified seventh out of 26. Got to the leave pretty quick let right up until two to go and I spun on my own and then I had to battle for it and then some guy in third ran over me in the last corner and took me out DNF.

League / Hosted Races

Hosted-

Ellis – sim Gaming Expo challenge series started 18th finish P 16 reached really hard with donnie Hann and Junior Robinson. We had a great battle for 15 1617 trading paint and what not lots of fun. A very stout field I had no chance wife ran my fastest lap ever during the race of a 206.3 and the winners were running 204.
- Ghosted some lotus 79 races and did some time trials in the GTO 90

Final Thoughts

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August 21, 2026August 21, 2026

Episode 0546

8/20/2026 – eNASCOURT – Episode 0546

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Show Introduction

On today’s show: We already had NASCOURT, now we have eNASCOURT, another discussion about the price of iRacing, is career mode coming next season?, is there an ideal display for sim racing?, how quick could you get to a 10k iRating? and should Mike just go ahead and pull the motion trigger?

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Impressive

Godspeed Justin

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99058/in-heavy-hearts-that-i-post-this

iR Companion App 3.0

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-companion-app-3-0-launches-today

Does It Need A Change?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99055/speaking-of-hostile-scheduling

Is There A Fix?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99026/oval-pit-box-cutting-issues-fix

This Again?

Watch Out!

A Minimum iRating?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99020/minimum-irating-limit-for-multiclass

More Fun! Not Boring

Career Mode Next Build

You’re Fired!

eNASCOURT

2026 Sim Gaming Expo

September 18 – 20, 2026

Marlin 2.4

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98933/special-event-marlin-2-4hr-presented-by-ruk-offshore-joinmrl-com

Empire State Showdown

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98835/dirtcar-esports-empire-state-showdown/p1

This Week In iRacing

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Hardware/Software

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Ridiculously Innovative

The Ideal Sim Racing Display?

Pokornyi GT

Circuit One Motion

https://circuitone.com

Grip Tape Guide

Sparco EVO L

Just Buy It Mike

Aston Martin By Simagic

Back In Stock

https://www.instagram.com/reels/DcBnLtwwkMR

Great Price

Simagic vs MOZA

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Richmond

Mike- P wrecked out with 15 to go. Pretty eventful race was involved in a lot of early cautions. I had 12 X by 45 got the drive-through penalty at some point was running at 20 X for the last part of the race drove from the back to the front several times even led some laps at one point, but I had three different self spin. The last one killed the car. I suck.
David – P21, caught up in early wreck, never could get enough damage fixed
Tony -P8 same race with mike. Man that was brutal. Caught in wreck early gave me 9 minutes optional. With 23 cautions ended up getting it down to 45 seconds. This place is not that hard to drive

Sunday Open- NiS – Richmond

David – P wrecked out on lap 30, a car on inside self spins, i’m the outside domino of about 5 cars, meat ball

Wednesday Open -NiS – New Hampshire

Mike- P wrecked out. Had a fast car I drove up to the field a couple times spun on my own twice with no damage then I right before halfway it was trying to go up the middle on a restart and the guy in the outside crowded me and knocked us down to the inside lots of damage so I parked it
Tony –P24 can we just drive the track 23 cautions. Caught in 1 late and just didnt get my lap back why cant NiS race like real New Hampshire and only have like 2 cautions and be the worse action track and boring
Kyle – P19 had a bad ass car and kept it up near the front. Battled for the lead and was about to take it when a caution came with 3 to go. First GWC got ran high and a car got loose and gave me a 4x sending me in for a drive through and ended up with a P19.
Chris – P 16… what a mess. Final GWC my cars wheel was upside down. Had to serve a drive through penalty. Went from P30 to…. 16th. Yes you read that right. Must have been 14 black flags the final lap.
David – P21, restarted on inside, a guy on the out side forces a three wide gets himself hooked into me, 7 minutes damage. This race was pathetic. 21 cautions.

Thursday Open -NiS – New Hampshire

Tony – P6 29 i say 29 cautions in the race. Iracing needs to make a seprate IR for oval tracks mile and below for shit driving. Not that hard. Drive brake turn corners dont hit anyone drive and repeat. Wish i could’ve actually seen what this great Premier Race set could’ve actually done with more than 5 green flag laps at a time

Official Series

F-4 Fixed.

Mike – PFIAF4 @Winton motor raceway qualified six out of 19. Had a guy come across my nose, pick my nose off and then I wrecked out shortly after.
- Rudskogen. Qualified 11th out of 23. Wrecked out.
- Road America. Qualified 13 out of 21 got to P5 by the end of lab one eventually work my way up to P2, but the leader was long gone and there was no catching him, but it’s still a good run after many wreck outs.

League / Hosted Races

Hosted-

Ellis – P time attack GTO 90 several tracks
- Pick up cup at Phoenix qualified ninth. Finish fourth.
- Hosted old Indy car at Indy qualified eight out of 45. Didn’t really know what I was getting in for just jumped in had to mute the guy because the admin was talking nonstop for like the 10 minute call in the 10 minute warm-up and so forth. So we get it going I get up to fourth and he throws a competition caution on lap three so I stay out that I look at the fuel and they have a limitation of apparently 10 laps of fuel and it’s 100 lap race so I’m thinking there’s gonna be nine or 10 pit stops so I hang with it until the first stop and I stop and I come out and I’m everyone is spread out all around the track nobody’s racing nobody it’s basically drive around for a few hours so I parked it not interested

Final Thoughts

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August 14, 2026August 14, 2026

Episode 0545

8/13/2026 – Dirty Tracktics – Episode 0545

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: is iRacing still worth it in 2026?, a trip to the Conspit factory, what sim accessories does a pro driver use?, what was the real reason for the price increase?, should time trial rating be replaced? and what is the ideal sim racing display setup?

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Dedication

Needs An Adjustment?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98923/iowa-excessive-tire-wear

More On The Protest System

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/831291#Comment_831291

A New “Speed” Record

ttRating Should Be qRating?

Work On That Seating Position

South American Olympics

Shift Arcade

Top 10 Highlights

Conspit Factory

Ban Worthy?

Still Worth It?

How To Ruin A Lobby

The Real Reason For The Increase?

Sim Racing Naperville

2026 Sim Gaming Expo

September 18 – 20, 2026

Marlin 2.4

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98933/special-event-marlin-2-4hr-presented-by-ruk-offshore-joinmrl-com

Empire State Showdown

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98835/dirtcar-esports-empire-state-showdown/p1

Portimao 1000

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98866/2026-portimao-1000-presented-by-simucube

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-august-11th-to-august-17th-2026

Podcast Housekeeping

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Hardware/Software

Chad McNeese’s Ultimate Hardware Spreadsheet

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Five Points

Looking For Investors

From 10Nm To 32Nm

Pro Sim Accessories

How Much?

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Iowa

Mike- P 4- had a fast car with up through the field a couple times settled in P4 near the end on the green white checker restarted third ended up finishing P4. We will take it after having a bunch of bad runs recently.
David – P11, a lot more cautions in this one, didn’t get the right roll of the dice at the end to have the fresh tires when i needed them, then got caught up in a 4 wide, did the best to hold a lane, but others cant. Then came back on the next short run and jumped from 20 to 11th
Kyle – P3
Joe – P 17

Sunday Open- NiS – Iowa

Tony – P19 was fast again just caught in some bull.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Richmond

Mike- P wreck out started towards the back move my way up pretty darn quick missed the first big caution weave my way through there without hitting anything car was a bullet made it up to the top five is running P2 almost at halfway when I just spun it out coming onto the back stretch all of a sudden it went around on me and I overcorrect it and then got T-bone 13 minutes damage DNF
Tony -P-forget Richmond caution fest.. won some free tickets to Berlin Raceway and used them for the Battle at Berlin for some pretty good Super Late Model action. Imagine being in a short track race and only having 1 caution for the first 200 laps with a wide SoF. Iracing we really need Berlin scanned and in the service. Mike remember the Name Tristan McKee. The 16 year old that whooped bubba Pallard Ty Mejeski and Carson Hocevar’s ass.
David – P22, had a top 5 car, really good on long run, sped in pits after the long run, got damaged fixed it, got back up to 7th and we kept having short runs and a lost in and got bounced off someone and down into the inside wall for 7 min damage, crept around at the end broken.

Thursday Open -NiS – Richmond

David – P 11, top split, 19 cautions, might have had top 10 if more that 2 laps to run at the end

Official Series

Ring Meister

Mike- ligier js p320- start at eight fell to 11th I was going the wrong way. People kept running into the back of me like I was going slow hit the wall at one point maybe that’s why I was slow but by the middle of lap too I had 17 incident points and DQ out.
- Start at nine Ira in front of me before turn one add me stopped blocked in. I had to wait for everybody to go by so I felt the dead last basically worked my way up to finish P 15.
- Start a ninth wrecked out on my own
- Started second and wrecked out on my own

League / Hosted Races

Final Thoughts

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August 7, 2026August 7, 2026

Episode 0544

8/6/2026 – A Bold Moose – Episode 0544

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: Sim Labs DDS wheelbase reviews are in, could you be an iRacing ambassador?, MOZA haptics, another hardware acquisition, which car have they given up on?, the growth of sim to reality, and is it really iRacing’s fault?

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iRacing Wants You

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98764/looking-for-iracing-campus-ambassadors

iRacing Career Stats

https://stats4i.racing/sign-in

iRacing’s Fault?

2028 INDYCAR

Sim To Reality

Markham GP Virtual Lap

Bathurst Jump

Third Time Is The Charm

Race Cast

https://ewsimracing.gg

What Is Your Setup?

Have They Given Up?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/829375#Comment_829375

Washington DC Track Sim Laps

A Weapon

More Qualifying Scrutiny Needed

Hold On

2026 Sim Gaming Expo

September 18 – 20, 2026

Time attack will begin on July 27th and end on August 10th.

Knoxville Nationals

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98227/iracing-presents-2026-knoxville-nationals

IMSA Esports Global Qualifying

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-august-4th-to-august-10th-2026

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Microsoft Up To It Again

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/29/windows-11-is-quietly-installing-onedrive-photos-another-image-viewer-that-nobody-asked-for

The Reviews Are In

Free iRacing Telemetry Tool

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98622/rawlane-free-telemetry-debrief-that-tells-you-which-corner-cost-you-the-time

Summer Sale

Active Dual Mode

MOZA Haptics Unboxing

Just Put Shoes On

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1807294074/heel-pad-for-sim-racing-pedal-sets

Corsair Purchases TrakRacer

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More Summer Sales

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Wednesday Open -NiS – Iowa

Mike- P wrecked out kind of fast car they got tagged from behind ones put to the back drove back up and then I had speeding on Pitt Road drove back up and then finally got involved in some heavy wrecks multiple times and parked it.
Justin – P2, passed on the last lap by fresh tires
Tony -P wrecked out early
Kyle – P14 Battled for the lead for 20 plus laps midway through and was looking like a top 5 finish until I snapped loose in a run and nosed the outside wall giving me wheel damage. 20ish to go and the meatball appears, I need a Right Front tire. Pit under green went one lap down and knew the car wasn’t going to last and I would just bleed spots. Get more than half of the damage fixed to at least salvage some RF tire wear. Just ran the car to its limits and brought home a P14.
Chris – P wrecked out
David – P3, was about a 10th place car, we finished with a 85 lap run and i stretched the tires out. The winner passed me and justin on the last few laps none of the others that pitted caught us. I finished with 3 percent left on both right side tires.

Thursday Open -NiS – Iowa

Tony – P2 Had a super fast Premier racing set. Lead laps. Got caught in 2 wrecks in front me me which i got both 3 &4 minute damages fixed and made it back to front 3 times. Also self spun like i did Wednesday night in-between the wrecks. Had a fast charged with 10 to go restarted 8th to 1st but Sara had fresher tires and more aggressive will than me split me and 2nd place on the white. Im sick of finishing 2nd in the last 2 months

Official Series

Ring Meister

Mike- radical SR eight. Started P2 got to P4 about a half lap in, but then a guy spun and wrecked me. I lost the nose and then I wrecked out shortly after.
- Started on the pole. Spun twice out of the lead on my own and then spent a third time eventually finish the race P4.
- Started on pole position. Kept it clean this race me and another guy got away from the rest. He was fast. I couldn’t shake him. He got the lead from me a couple times I made some bold moose to get it back at the end on the final run to the checker side-by-side, I break deeper than him and took it winner winner chicken dinner number 158 so satisfying.

League / Hosted Races

Elbows Out Racing League (LMP2 and GT3 Wednesday Nights)

William- P4 – Fuji – Only race I’ll get to do this week because of work. Weather showed no rain but apparently it rained 5 hours before the race and the track was still wet, but dry enough for dry tires. Qualifying was awful, car wouldn’t turn in sector 3. Started 10th and drove through the field. Was third with about 10 laps to go when I got drove through by an LMP2 in T1. This let Weaver get around me, and would go on to finish 4th.

Final Thoughts

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July 31, 2026July 31, 2026

Episode 0543

7/30/2026 – Toot Your Own Horn – Episode 0543

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: The Lounge takes over Sim Gaming Expo’s Twitch, does iTested have a problem?, MOZA motion has arrived, 7-Time talks about sim racing, what is BDH announcing?, a special event blackout? and 50 DAYS UNTIL THE SIM GAMING EXPO!

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NASCAR 26 Pre-Order

No Special Event Love

Do You Remember?

SimOS Hub-Racing

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/simos-hub-racing-companion/id6756025064

Smurfing?

iTested Has A problem

Name That Track

Where Should New Drivers Start?

The Importance Of Sim Racing

Sim1 Racing Drone Tour

Is An Offline Only Subscription A Good Idea?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/98063/the-case-for-an-offline-ai-only-subscription-tier

Are Expos Worth It?

Why?

2026 Sim Gaming Expo

September 18 – 20, 2026

Time attack will begin on July 27th and end on August 10th.

Knoxville Nationals

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This Week In iRacing

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MOZA Announcement

Earned A Permanent Spot

Mike, Open The Check Book

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/alphacool-12v-motorcycle-circulatory-cooling-vest-system

Too Much?

Pre-Orders Open Soon

BDH Announcement

Sim Worx Pedal V3.2

MOZA Motion Has Arrived

https://us.mozaracing.com/pages/hma150

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Indy

Mike- P2- got to the lead around about 50 had a really fast car ran top tour three basically the rest of the race twice the leader would get away from me. I could stay with him for a little bit, but then he would gap me and he was just fast and there was no way I would beat him, but I was the best of the rest and have stopped the bleeding and finally got a good finish P2.
David – P 21, finished with damage, taken out by a new member of the red card club
Chris – P got wrecked on the Green white checker
Tom – PP23. Spun getting onto pit road on what should have been my last stop. Than got caught up in junk. One more try Sunday
Steven – P wrecked out early
Kyle – P10 Wow what a race. Started P12 and just put the car up in the top 5 most of the race. Midway, fell back to 14th after pitting. Through strategy I took the lead and led for a total of 25 laps until what was going to be the race winner takes control. Final restart with 12 to go the leader spun in turn 1 and I couldn’t miss him and ended up with the lead but with wheel damage and I just was hoping for a string of yellows to get me to a win at my home track but fell short when I lost the grip in the front tires.

Sunday Open- NiS – Indy

David – P wrecked out at end, was in a good place but late caution came out killed my strategy, and got swallowed up on the last run and self spun

Official Series

6hr of Road America